Flycatcher



ii'niTEn sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

THEODORE C. NORTHCOTT, 0F LURAY, VIRGI-mi FLYCATCHER.

To all whom t may concern:

CoTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Luray, in the county of Page and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful improvements in Flycatchers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has reference to fly-catchers; and it proposes, briefly, an improved device of the general class or character stated in which the body portion, or catcher roper, is revolubly connected with the han'le in such `a way as to permit it to be set and yieldingl retained in any desired angular relation tliiereto, and with either side in active position, whereby it may `be adjusted to contact squarely against a wall, ceiling or other surface, irrespective of the inclination thereof, and will automatically conform itself to such inclination to compensate for any error in its' original adjustment. f

The invention also resides in the provision of a catcher comprising a strip of wire gauze or the like both surfaces of which are adapted to be coated with a sticky substance similar to that used in the reparation of flypaper. The carrier may e readily reversed, due to its revoluble mounting, to bring either side of the strip outermost and may be easily and quickly detached from the device to permit the gauze strip to be cleaned and re-coated, the foraminous or reticulated construction of the strip enabling the coating to be applied to both sides thereof at a single operation. Other objects and advantages will appear as the description proceeds, and parts of the invention may be used without others, or in other and difierent environments.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved catcher showing the body portion in one position.

Fig. 2 is a part-sectional side elevation, showing the body in a dierent position.

Fig.l 3 is a horizontal section on line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to said drawing, 5 and 6 indicate, respectively, the body or catcher proper and the handle of the implement, these two parts being connected together by a bail 7 The first-mentioned or body part 5 consists, in turn, of a skeleton outer member or frame 8, preferably annular in shape,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July `29, I1919. Application filed February 23, 1918. Serial No. 218,805. l

and astrip' 9 of wire gauze or other suitable material of like character. The gauze strip is soldered or otherwise attached along its margin to the annular frame 8, the edges of suitable size and character, and, hence, rc-

quires no special description, excepting that it is provided at its inner end with a longitudinal socket 13 to receive the twisted stem 14 of the bail 7.

The last-named part' is likewise constructed of heavy spring wire, and is here shown as substantially Y-shaped, 1the shank of the Y` being vformed by the stein 111. The' two diver-ging arms 15 of the bail are turned laterally inward at their fr ee ends, as indicated at 16, said ends being inserted pivotwise through a pair of diametrically opposite openings 17 formed in the frame 8, so that said frame can be rotated or swung about the said ends as about a pair of trunnions. The portions of the arms 15 adjacent the ends 16 are designed to exert a clamping action upon the frame, so as to hold it in any position into which it may have been turned, the said arm engaging the edges of the frame excepting when the latter and the bail are disposed in co-plaiiar relation, in which case the outer or clamping portions of the bail arms will engage the central portion of the peripheral surface of the frame. The intermediate portions of the bail arms are preferably formed with outwardly directed angular projections 19, which serve to strengthen and stiffen said arms to such degree that they will have ample resilient resistance relatively to the frame to permit the outer or clamping portions to yield slightly during the rotary adjustment of the body, but at the same time effect a suficient frictional binding action on the frame to obviate too loose movement of said frame during the trapping operation of the latter and to assist in applying the catcher as a whole in different positions relatively to the wall. The annular or circular contour of the frame andthe central engagement therewith of the ends 16 of the arms 15 provide for a balancing of theframerelatively to the arms 15 during the operation of the catcher and Valso permit the arms 15 to be made comparatively shorter in View of the fact that only one-half of the frame is rotatable between the said arms at one time. Y The arms 15 by their convergence from the frame also set up the necessary binding action relatively tosaid frame to obviate too loose movement as hereinbefore specified.

The mode of operation of the implementY is believed to be apparent from the foregoing. and, hence, to require no extended descriptiom the bodyV 5being turned'in one direction or the other into theV desired position, and then retained insuch position by Vmeans of theclamping action exerted by the Copies of thisvpatent may be obtained for Y Washington, D. C.

bail arms upon the Vframe member of the body. Y Y

I claim 1. .An insect catcher Vcomprising an annular body having `a perforated partition 'eX- .te'nding fullyover the interior of the same to one side of the central diameter thereof andat ardistance inwardlyV from opposite side edges of the body to provide trapping receptacles of different depths for alternate Y use, and a spring bail' Vembodying arms loosely and pivotally engaging diametrically opposite portions of the center of said body and'having Va resilient frictional binding ac-Y tionon opposite portions of the edge of the body, the said arms being yieldable laterally to permitrotation of the body within and between the arms to bring different sides of the catcher into operative position without detaching the ends of the bail from the body. Y

2. An insect catcher comprising an annular body having a perforated partition eX- tending over theV interior of the saine to one side of the central diameterthereof and at; ta distance inwardly *from both opposite sideV edgesV of the body to provide trappingfre-V ceptacles of different depths at Opposite sides ofthebody for alternatey use, and a springV l bail having arms Yterminally and loosely and f pivotally engaging diametrically opposite portions of'the'center 'of said body-andfconverging towardrand exerting a clamping ac` tlonron opposite portions' of the annular side edges engaged thereby to hold the body in Y its adjusted position solely by frictional con-V tact of the arms therewith, the Vbodybeing rotatable between the'arms without requir-V ingV detachmentcof the bail ends from the body.

' In testimony whereof l have hereunto setV five cents each, by addressingfthe v(vommiss'ione'r Vof Patents. 

